Changes to Covid Guidance

Please see below the details of the further de-escalation of COVID measures that come into effect on 1st April, the main point to note is the removal of the guidance that an individual needs to be “48 hours symptom free” before returning to work.

• Health, care, and emergency services will now make their own decisions on mask wearing for their staff and in their premises
• Pre-admission screening for healthcare settings and enclosed communities will move from PCR to LFT
• All other asymptomatic screening will stop
• Stay at home guidance following a positive test will be reduced to five days, with advice to avoid vulnerable people for 10 days if possible

To note:

• LFT kits are still freely available to order online, however, it is anticipated that the universal offer of LFT kits will be removed, and all non-diagnostic testing will stop from the 30 June
• Government funded PPE offering will end on 30 June